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- Description: Peter is now the chairman of the Kent County Soldiers Relief Commission where he works to help veterans with financial problems.
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- Text: ..., I’d like you to tell me a little bit about the work you’re doing now and the kinds of things you’re doing to support veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan and all that. 26 We help wartime veterans, which would be Iraq or—there’s different dates and, of cours...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Bruce Brady Total Time (01:15:00) Background • • • • • • • He was born October 17, 1949 in Welch, West Virginia (00:20) His family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina when he was seven years old (00...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Eugene Borek Total Time – (01:26:41) Background He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on January 27, 1925 (00:27) His parents were Polish immigrants His father was a farmer until they los...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Anthony Critchlow Total Time – (01:44:30) Background · · · · He was born in Boise, Idaho on November 9, 1948 (00:26) He did not leave Boise until he joined the military He graduated from Borah High School in Bo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War James Doctor Interview Total Time: 1:49:30 Background (00:12) Born in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1947 (00:27) Dad worked at Continental Motors, mom was a housewife but also worked for a floral designer (1:00...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Edward McLogan (01:04:34) Early Life, Family, And Education. 01:19:24 born in Flint MI; he went to high school in Flint, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1942; he was in the ROTC program in college, and he went “immediatel...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Elaine Panzone (00:23:32) The interview is of Elaine Panzone life starting when she was born, progressing through her experiences in World War II and also about some of her later life after World War II.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Name of Interviewee: Thaddeus Zator (2nd interview) Length of Interview: 1:07:28 Background: Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1919. His family left New Jersey for Michigan so that his father could ge...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Gary Doublestein Vietnam War; Cold War; Iraq War; War in Afghanistan 1 hour 56 minutes 6 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born on November 15, 1952, in Plainwell, Michigan -Grew up on a farm in Wayland, Michigan -Attended high school t...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Greg Kiekintveld Vietnam War Interview Length: (01:44:25:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:12:00) Kiekintveld was born in Holland, Michigan in May 1949 (00:00:12:00) o While Kiekintveld was growing up, his mother was a...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Edward Dorstewitz Interview Length: (00:49:47:00) Interview conducted with Dorstewitz’s wife, Peggy Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:59:00) Dorstewitz grew up in Coloma, Michigan and as far his wife knows, none o...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project John Reilly Vietnam War Interview Length (00:48:11:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:14:00) Reilly was born in Kittery, Maine on December 5th, 1946 (00:00:14:00) o When Reilly was born, his father was stationed in Portsmo...